The Bases Were Loaded (and So Was I)
Subtitle: Up Close and Personal with the Greatest Names in Sports
Publisher: Crown
Published: April 27, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780609609422
First sentence: LIKE A PRAYING mantis trying to get comfortable on a lawn chair, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stretched out as best he could over a hotel couch in Houston that couldn't come close to containing all of his haunches, hinges, and high-tension wires.